Favorite Drama Quotes

Gareth Peirce: It's not the stairs that are killing your father.Gerry Conlon: Aye, what is it then?Gareth Peirce: It's your lack of faith.Gerry Conlon: Lack of faith? Faith in what?Gareth Peirce: In yourself.Gerry Conlon: No. I have faith in myself. Gerry Conlon. Lifer. 30-year sentence. And I know how to survive it, no problem.Gareth Peirce: At what price?Gerry Conlon: I'll pay the fuckin' price, don't you worry about it.Gareth Peirce: The price for what?Gerry Conlon: Aye. You're very good at the English, aren't you? You see, I don't understand your language. "Justice." "Mercy." "Clemency." I literally don't understand what those words mean. I'd like to put in an application to get all my teeth extracted. That way I could put my fist in my mouth and never speak another word of fuckin' English so long as I live. Do you see what I'm saying... Mrs. Peirce is it?Gareth Peirce: Are you trying to impress me?

The Kid: You used to be a cheerleader, didn't you?Purlene Dupre: Yeah, in the fourth fuckin' grade.The Kid: And your hair's not really blonde, is it?Purlene Dupre: Yes, it is.Floatie Dupre: No it's not, her hair's red, she's a redhead, she's got a bright red bush.

Paul Edgecomb: What did you do, big boy? What did you do to me?John Coffey: I helped it. Didn't I help it?Paul Edgecomb: Yes, but... how?John Coffey: [shrugs] Just took it back, is all. Awful tired now, boss. Dog tired.

[Rocky and Adrian watching a Christmas movie in the house]Adrian: And he called the reporters?Rocky: Yeah. It threw my whole training schedule off.Adrian: Don't be mad at him. He's just trying to help.Rocky: Adrian, I ain't mad. It's just that, uh, when a reporter's around, I get out of joint 'cause they take cheap shots, and Paulie knows that. Paulie keeps askin' me for a job all the time, but he don't know nothin' about fighting.Adrian: Are you gonna say anything to him?

I rode the bench for two years. Thought I wasn't being played because of my color, I got filled up with a lotta attitude. So I quit. Still not a week goes by I don't regret it. And I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of ya. You hear me clear enough?